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一起读《小王子》 | The Little Prince Chapter 21
- "I cannot play with you," the fox said. "I am not tamed."
tame 驯化,驯服
这个也是小狐狸带给小王子的最重要哲理,原来法文的apprivoiser,英文译成tame,而我们中文译者,对这个词也是一换再换,一开始从英文直接用“驯养”,后来又觉得口语化更好,从“跟…处熟”到“跟…要好”,到现在又回到大家广泛采用的“驯服”或“驯养”,因为觉得原版法文的apprivoiser确实是一个不那么口语化,不是平时儿童用语,然而到底应该怎么翻,谁也不能说服谁。
- "It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. It means to establish ties."
neglected 忽视;忽略
establish 建立,开始(联系)。 有些中文译本会把establish ties 翻译成“建立羁绊”,很文艺,可是孩子们看得懂么?establish ties with 和 establish contact with 一样,都是比较常见的“建立联系”的用法,常用机构之间和外交之间很正式的场合。
- The fox seemed perplexed, and very curious.
perplexed 困惑的;迷惑不解的
curious 好奇的
- My life is very monotonous
monotonous 单调乏味的;毫无变化的
- Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow.
burrow (兔子等动物掘的)洞穴,地洞
- And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder?
yonder (over there的过时或方言用语)那里,那边
- One must observe the proper rites
observe 遵守,奉行(法律、习俗等)。observe一词多义哦。
rite (传统的)仪式,典礼
- because it is she that I have listened to, when she grumbled, or boasted, or even sometimes when she said nothing.
grumble 抱怨;发牢骚
boast 吹嘘;炫耀;夸耀
- It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.
essential 绝对必要的;必不可少的;基本的
这句很哲理,不过我更喜欢下一句
"It is the time you have wasted for your rose that makes your rose so important."
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